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I've got an interview for a job as a groom on a jumping yard, I've never had an interview for an equine job before I've just always gotten them by taking lessons at the yard. What should I wear?

Hope you find her, what was her stable name?

If you don't ask for anything else I would say £40 a week is reasonable, but asking for money for shoes ect on top of that would be a be a bit much

I'm secure in the saddle but I've had a lot of bad experiences jumping and not many good due to riding excitable horses who massively over jump or run off bucking after a jump

What jumping exercises would you recommend for a rider who is nervous jumping?

I've been looking for a share for years but can't find anything suitable

I've already been working at a riding school after school, on weekends and in the holidays for 3 years, many times I have been left on my own to provide evening care for 10 horses and ponies

I would pay you to let me ride your horse! Sounds like my perfect pony on paper just such a shame you are so far away :(

My riding school is so small that they don't have the space to offer livery, my friend went to look at a horse to buy today and made some mistakes so I have been able to learn from that. I'm lucky because I have come from a horsey family my nan trained horses, and my dad grew up with his own...

I'm looking for a share, so I asked about a horse said she hadn't been ridden in a while, was asking £20 a week, turns out "a while" was 3 years and when she was ridden she bucked, bolted and reared! I would pay a fair amount for a horse that was safe and that I could enjoy but one who needs a...

I told my friend to not even bother enquiring about one of their horses that she liked, the ad was written badly, calling the horse 14.2 and 15.2 in the same paragraph!

Thank you! I really just want a bit of a plodish all rounder, so I wouldn't mind something a bit green as long as it wasn't extremely forward going

Thank you! I have the basics, watch the owner ride before you get on ect, catch and tack up yourself, and (after seeing one of the horses at my riding school) handle them in the stable

In September I will hopefully begin looking for my first horse, but i need some advice Livery yards How can I tell what a yard is like? What questions should I ask? What should I NOT do when reading ads or responding to them? Or when I go to look at a horse?

In my lessons what we do varies each week, most often it is something like cavaletti, leg yeild, shallow loops, serpintines, with 15 mins to warm up on our own